Back again: "In the aftermath of a national tragedy, Kenneth R. Feinberg has become the essential man," The New York Timesreports today. Feinberg has been a central figure in dividing up victim compensation funds following major catastrophes.

Pause button: A candidate for Brooklyn district attorney wants CBS to delay airing a reality series about the office's work under the leadership of Charles Hynes. The challenger, Abraham George, says the program would run afoul of election finance laws. "We are surprised that this candidate would not know about the First Amendment," a CBS spokesman said. "This is obviously a publicity push by a politician."

The limit: The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending states cut drunk-driving thresholds from .08 to .05. "The proposal, among others by the board, faces a long road before, if ever, becoming the law of the land. It took more than 20 years for all the states to act after the NTSB recommended reducing the drunk driving threshold in 1982," according to a report in The Baltimore Sun.

Suing: From today'sNew York Law Journal: "A Muslim group is accusing a Christian organization of defamation for publishing a book that accuses the Muslim collective of holding terrorist training in New York and other states."

Sealed: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is representing "Company Doe" in a fight in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to keep information sealed in a dispute over whether the public should be able to see a consumer product safety report. The company, under a pseudonym, successfully blocked the disclosure of the report. Consumer advocates want the appeals court to overturn a trial judge's ruling.